Christine Lagarde

Eurogroup meeting delayed due to meeting of ‘four’

A crucial Eurogroup session will begin with a 90-minute delay due to a previously unscheduled meeting of Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Yanis Varoufakis, Christine Lagarde and Wolfgang Schaeuble. Therefore, the regular Eurogroup itself will start at 15:30 GMT.

 

The delay was announced by Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem through his Twitter account.

 

Eurogroup: Intl press details Greece’s uphill struggle with EZ partners

Heightened press attention focused on the extraordinary Eurogroup meeting Wednesday evening, given the paramount repercussions on the internation economy from the ongoing attempts by the new Greek government to work out a new financing plan with its institutional lenders — a plan devoid of the word “austerity”.

IMF Chief to attend Eurogroup on Greece; maybe ECB President too

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde is to meet Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis for the first time face-to-face on Wednesday during the emergency Eurogroup meeting being held to discuss the future of the Greek program. There is a strong possibility that European Central Bank President Mario Draghi may also be present at this meeting.

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